07-25-2007, 03:10 PM
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| Re: If Another Ref Is Found Corrupt - Should Stern Resign?
Stern may have done damage control, but he ain't fooling people that know the game. Quote:
Remember, too, that the NBA has provided fodder for conspiracy theorists for years, from frozen draft lottery envelopes, to draft lottery ping-pong ball peculiarities, to questions of out-and-out favoritism toward stars.
Stern and his underlings spent the past couple of years nibbling around the edges of issues. He imposed a player dress code and fined Mark Cuban for %%%%%ing and mandated that his referees "T" up Rasheed Wallace more often, believing that would keep everybody in line.
Meantime, they all but ignored the one area that potentially has the greatest effect on games - the zebras.
Others have correctly pointed out that basketball is most subject to the whims of officials, simply because of the sheer volume of split-second decisions required of NBA referees during the course of a game.
Still, as much as fans griped about officials, at least there was the implied confidence that even if they made bad calls, they at least were consistently and honestly bad. No more.
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